Clothes and hat rack



- (No Mdel.)

I. C. WBLTER. CLOTHES AND HAT RACK.

No. 574,509. 2(lafened Jan. 5, 1897. l

A @br/.66% I UNITE STATES I PATENT CFFICE.

ISAAC C. IVELTER, OF KINGSTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES AND HAT RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters atent No. 574,509, dated January5, 1897'.

.Application flled July 22, 1896. Serial No. 600,130. (No model.)

To aZ wlw/1L t may conce/vt:

Beit known that I, ISAAC C. IVELTER, a citizen of the-United States,residing at Kings` ton, in the county of Luzerne and State ofPennsylvania, have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements inClothes and Hat Racks; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had tothe annexed drawing, making a part of this speciication, and totheletters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has for. its object to provide a clothes and hatrack that may be adjusted lto the wall of a room and securely held inplace without the use of nails or other like fastenings, therebyavoiding injury to the wall by the driving of nails or similarfastenings.

My invention consists in a rack, suitable guides secured to the backthereof, verticallyadjustable arms connected thereto, avert-ically-adjustable standard connected to the lower en d of the arms,a hinged clamping-arm at t-he top of the adjustable arms, a brace hingedto the clamping-arm, and a support therefor, as will be more fullydescribed here 'inaften In the accompanying drawing, which represents aperspective view of my invention, A designates the clot-hes or hat rack,which may be of anysuitable construction, but preferably consisting of aframe with pins or hooks for suspending therefrom the hat or garment.

I do not wish to be understoodpas confining my invention to any specialform of rack, and, if preferred, a mirror B may be used in connectiontherewith, as found most desirable.

To the back of the rack A are secured guidebars a, between which arelocated the lower ends of vertically-adjustable arms C, and betweenthese arms, at the lowerends thereof, is located the upper end of avertically-adjustable standard D, which is provided at its lower endwith a cross-bar b to rest on the floor of the room. At the upper endsof the adjustable arms C and between the same is located the standard E,which is also vertically adj ustable in the same manner as is thestandard D. To the upper end of the standard E is hinged one end of aclamping-arm F,

and to the outer cud of this clamping-arm is hinged a brace G,which isprovided at its lower or free end with a foot H of any suitableconstruction and which may be adjustable or not, as found best adaptedto the purpose.

Any suitable number of supports may be used to receive the end of thefoot H after the device has been adjusted to the height of the spacebetween the floor and ceiling of the room or apartment. In the presentinstance I have shown three of such supports, as indicated at o d e, andare secured to the arms C a suitable distance apart.

Any suitable forin of support may be substituted for that shown, so longas it will support the end of the foot II after the adjustment of thedevice has been completed.

The adjustable arms C, the adjust-able standards D and E, the hingedclamping-arm F, and hinged brace G, with its foot I-I, when takentogether I term an adjustable clamping device to hold the clothes andhat rack in position against the wall without the use of nails or otherlike fastenings usually employed.

The arms C and the standard D should be extended so that their combinedlength from upper end of the arms to the cross-bar of the standard willbe equal to the space between the floor and ceiling, after which theclamping-arn1 F is brought up against the ceiling andthe brace held inposition by engaging' the foot II with the support on the arms C, asshown.

Should the distance between the lioor and ceiling be greater than theadjusting capacity of the arms C and standard D, the standard E may bebrought into use to further increase the length of the clamping device.

The arms C and the standards D E are held in their adjusted position bysuitable screws f, or by any other means found best adapted to thepurpose.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A clothes and hat rack, suitable guides secured to the back thereof,vertically-adjustable arms connected thereto, a vertically-adjustablestandard connected to the lower end of the arms, a hinged clamping-armatthetop of the adjustable arms, a brace hinged to the IOC Clamping-arm,and a support therefor, substantially as and for the purpose described.

9. A Clothes and hat rack, a clamping deviee therefor, said deviceconsisting of suitable guides upon the back of the rack, vertically-adjustable arms Connected thereto, vertically-adj ustable standardsconnected to the respective ends of the arms, the lower standardprovided with a cross-bar and the upper Standard provided with a hingedclampingarm, a brace hinged to the arm and provided at its lovver endwith a foot extension, and

suitable supports upon the adjustable arms with which the foot engages,and means for holding` the adjustable arms and standards in i theiradjusted position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my nainein the presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC, C. 'WELTER Vitn esses:

M. E. GRAY, E. G. ERVIN.

